Prime Time TV Ratings Week August 26-September 1

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Viewers in millions

1. America's Got Talent (Tue) NBC 9.0
2. America's Got Talent (Wed) NBC 8.0
3. 60 Minutes CBS 6.2
4. NFL Preseason Football NBC 6.2
5. College Football (Sun) ABC 5.4

6. NCIS CBS 5.1
7. American Ninja Warrior (Mon) NBC 4.9
8. Bachelor in Paradise (Mon) ABC 4.6
9. FBI (Tue) CBS 4.5
10. Big Brother (Wed) CBS 4.3

11. NCIS: New Orleans (Tue) CBS 4.2
12. Bachelor in Paradise (Tue) ABC 4.0
12. Big Brother (Sun) CBS 4.0
14. Blue Bloods CBS 3.9
15. Big Bang Theory (Mon 9pm) CBS 3.7

16. Big Brother (Thu) CBS 3.5
16. Bring the Funny (Tue) NBC 3.5
16. Bull CBS 3.5
19. Big Bang Theory (Mon 8:30) CBS 3.4
19. Dateline (Mon) NBC 3.4

19. Hawaii Five-O CBS 3.4
19. Magnum PI CBS 3.4
19. Mom CBS 3.4
19. The Neighborhood CBS 3.4
25. MasterChef (Wed) Fox 3.3

25. Songland NBC 3.3
32. Fall Preview Special ABC 2.8
32. NCIS: New Orleans (Sun) CBS 2.8
32. 20/20 ABC 2.8
35. Big Bang Theory (Thu) CBS 2.7

35. Young Sheldon CBS 2.7
37. Dateline (Fri) NBC 2.6
37. S.W.A.T. CBS 2.6
37. What Would You Do? ABC 2.6
40. The Goldbergs ABC 2.5

40. Grand Hotel ABC 2.5
40. NCIS: Los Angeles CBS 2.5
43. American Ninja Warrior (Fri) NBC 2.4
43. America's Got Talent (Sun 9pm) NBC 2.4
43. Dateline (Sat) NBC 2.4

46. America's Got Talent (Sun 7pm) NBC 2.3
47. S.E.A.L. Team CBS 2.2
48. American Housewife ABC 2.1
48. Celebrity Family Feud (Wed) ABC 2.1
48. Crimetime CBS 2.1

48. 48 Hours (9pm) CBS 2.1
48. 48 Hours (10pm) CBS 2.1
48. Reef Break (9pm) ABC 2.1
48. So You Think You Can Dance (Mon) Fox 2.1
48. The Wall NBC 2.1

55. Hollywood Game Night (Wed) NBC 2.0
55. Modern Family ABC 2.0
55. Schooled ABC 2.0
59. BH90210 (Wed) Fox 1.9
59. FBI (Thu) CBS 1.9

61. America's Got Talent (Sat) NBC 1.8
62. Fresh Off the Boat ABC 1.7
62. Reef Break (10pm) ABC 1.7
64. Holey Moley ABC 1.6
64. Law & Order: SVU NBC 1.6

64. Single Parents ABC 1.6
67. First Responders Live Fox 1.5
68. Bless This Mess ABC 1.4
68. Bring the Funny (Sun) NBC 1.4
68. MasterChef (Thu) Fox 1.4

71. Hollywood Game Night (Thu) NBC 1.3
71. The Resident Fox 1.3
73. Black-ish ABC 1.2
73. Last Man Standing (7:30) Fox 1.2
73. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Mon) CW 1.2

73. Spin the Wheel (Thu) Fox 1.2
77. Last Man Standing (7pm) Fox 1.1
77. MasterChef (Fri) Fox 1.1
79. BH90210 (Fri) Fox 1.0
79. Family Guy Fox 1.0

79. Premier Boxing Champions Fox 1.0
82. The Simpsons Fox 0.9
83. Bob's Burgers Fox 0.8
83. Whose Line Is it Anyway? CW 0.8
85. Masters of Illusion (Fri) CW 0.7

86. Masters of Illusion (Sun 9:30) CW 0.6
86. Mysteries Decoded CW 0.6
86. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Sun) CW 0.6
86. What Just Happened??! With Fred Savage Fox 0.6
90. The Big Stage CW 0.5

90. Bulletproof CW 0.5
90. Hypnotize Me (Wed) CW 0.5
90. Masters of Illusion (Sun 9pm) CW 0.5
90. The Outpost CW 0.5
90. Pandora CW 0.5

96. Hypnotize Me (Fri) CW 0.4
96. I Ship It CW 0.4
96. Two Sentence Horror Stories (9pm) CW 0.4
99. Two Sentence Horror Stories (9:30) CW 0.3


CW

1............…..73. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Mon) CW 1.2
2............…..83. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (9pm) CW 0.8
3............… .85. Masters of Illusion (Fri) CW 0.7
4............…..86. Masters of Illusion (Sun 9:30) CW 0.6
4.............….86. Mysteries Decoded CW 0.6

4............…..86. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Sun) CW 0.6
7................90. The Big Stage CW 0.5
7................90. Bulletproof CW 0.5
7.............…..90. Hypnotize Me (Wed) CW 0.5
7............…..90. Masters of Illusion (Sun 9pm) CW 0.5

7............…..90. The Outpost CW 0.5
7............…..90. Pandora CW 0.5
13...........…..96. Hypnotize Me (Fri) CW 0.4
13..............96. I Ship It CW 0.4
13...........…..96. Two Sentence Horror Stories (9pm) CW 0.4

16.........…....99. Two Sentence Horror Stories (9:30) CW 0.3

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This is what usually happens. If you see a rank other than number two, it's last week's number. If you see no rank, it's correct.

I had to do this because the computer was giving me trouble.

Okay, except for one show that I didn't take out from last week, they're in order. Just need rankings now.

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Done, except I can't make the CW ratings line up. There's some glitch in the software that makes it impossible to line up the columns.

And speaking of The CW, almost every show was down by a tenth of a percent using my method. The horror stories are the ratings, and the package that was shipped got lost.

ABC was right to avoid making "Reef Break" more than once a week like the other beautiful people on the beach reality shows, but it doesn't seem to have helped them to air it twice in one night.

I guess football is to blame for CBS falling off on Saturday. Normally they do so much better, but I thought that was true even with football. I should mention Saturday ratings are not the final ones but I don't think the site even provides final numbers for Saturdays since there are no new episodes of scripted TV series.

I didn't know "Hollywood Game Night" had any new episodes but I did see one this week not labelled as a rerun.

All three "NCIS" series are back in their normal slots and not just as part of the "Crimetime" package. This was true last week and I forgot to mention it.

The networks will be so grateful when fall begins. These are terrible numbers.